Hg Capital delivered a 3.8% return on net assets for the six months ended 30 June 2015 and the return to shareholders for the period was 7.2%. By comparison, the return on the FTSE All-Share Index for the period was 3.0%. The valuation uplift was driven by a combination of growth within the businesses of […]
Empiric Student Property has exchanged contracts to acquire on practical completion the freehold on a site to be developed into a high quality turnkey student accommodation scheme on James Street West, in Bath, for a total investment of £25m (excluding acquisition costs). The property is currently owned and is being developed by James House Limited […]
KAZ Minerals has reported EBITDA of US$88 million for H1 2015, 55% down from the corresponding period of 2014. However, the company recorded a net loss of US$0.03/share against a net loss of US$0.31/share in HI 2014 (from continuing operations). Earnings in 2014 were impacted by a US$181 million loss from devaluation of the Tenge […]
UK Commercial Property Trust has reported a 5.2% total return on net assets for the first half of 2015 and a share price return of 5.4% as the shares moved from a 6.3% to a 6.7% premium. The return was behind their MSCI benchmark (MSCI Balanced Monthly & Quarterly Funds, formerly known as the IPD […]
Phaunos Timber reports on progress within the underlying portfolio for the first six months of 2015 but a fall in NAV on the back of the strengthening of the US dollar. At a timber operating level the Group showed a profit for the first time. This amounted to $1.7m for the period (30 Jun 2014: […]
Vietnam Holding has published results for the year ended 30 June 2015. It had a very good year with the NAV rising by 9.0% to $2.093 and a share price increase of 23.3% to $1.803. The Vietnam All Share Index increased by just 1.4%. as you can see from the numbers, the discount narrowed considerably over the […]
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies reports a rise of 4.6% in the Company’s net asset value for the first six months of 2015, which compares with a rise of 3.8% in the Russell 2000 Index. The Company’s share price rose 2.0% during the first six months of 2015, lagging the increase in NAV and resulting in a […]
Glencore’s H1 adjusted EBITDA was down 29% from H1 2014, to US$4.6 billion, leading to net income of US$882 million, a fall of 56% from the previous year. On a per share basis, net income was US$0.07 against US$0.15 previously. The decrease in profitability was largely down to the performance of the company’s Industrial sectors, […]
For the first half of 2015 Juridica reports that its net asset value decreased from US$1.66 (107 pence per share) as at 31 December 2014 to US$1.35 (86 pence per share) at 30 June 2015. This decrease in NAV per ordinary share was primarily attributable to the total comprehensive loss of US$34.2m generated during the six-month period ending 30 June 2015. […]
BlackRock Latin American reports a -9.6% return on net assets for the first six months of 2015 and a -11.5% return to ordinary shareholders. This represents underperformance of the fund’s benchmark, the MSCI EM Latin America Index which ended the period down by 7.0%. The interim dividend is being maintained at 15 cents per share (NB […]
